Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self…
What was the principal consequence imposed upon the Princess and the Swineherd by the Emperor?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, impose · To what, where: principal consequence
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1734 «Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self and the Princess is sent away to sing outside» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 consequence | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 consequence | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 consequence | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 consequence | amod |
| 5 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | imposed | impose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 consequence | acl |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 Princess | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Princess | det |
| 9 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 imposed | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Swineherd | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Swineherd | det |
| 12 | Swineherd | swineherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 consequence | conj |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 Emperor | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Emperor | det |
| 15 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Swineherd | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 consequence | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the principal consequence and the Swineherd by the Emperor | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | impose | participle | the principal consequence and the Swineherd by the Emperor not said here | upon the Princess | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
banishment from the empire and all its lands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | banishment | banishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 empire | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 empire | det |
| 4 | empire | empire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 banishment | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 lands | cc |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 lands | det:predet |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 lands | nmod:poss |
| 8 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 empire | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a fine of gold coins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fine | det |
| 2 | fine | fine | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 coins | case |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 coins | compound |
| 5 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fine | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fine | gold coins | nom fine «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
imprisonment within the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imprisonment | imprisonment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | within | within | ADP | _ | 4 palace | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 palace | det |
| 4 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 imprisonment | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
banishment from the empire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | banishment | banishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 empire | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 empire | det |
| 4 | empire | empire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 banishment | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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